U.S. Army · United States 
Louis Franklin Jewett
1981
Louis F. Jewett Jr. served the U.S. Army for 3 years. Louis served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Gunshot wound
Mechanism
Edged weapon
What Happened
Correctional Officer Louis Jewett succumbed to stab wounds sustained 28 days earlier at the New Mexico State Penitentiary when he was attacked while attempting to prevent two inmates from stabbing a third inmate. The third inmate was also stabbed to death during the incident. Both inmates were convicted of two counts of first-degree murder. One was sentenced to two life terms to run consecutively with another life term he was serving. The other inmate was sentenced to death. In 1986 the New Mexico governor commuted the death sentence to life in prison. Officer Jewett had served with the New Mexico Corrections Department for only five months.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, daughter, and two sons.
Service Record
U.S. Army
1962 – 1965
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Cold War
Also Served
New Mexico Corrections Department
Correctional Officer
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